California Code
PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS
CHAPTER 19 - California Date Commission

ARTICLE 1 - Declaration and General Provisions

Section 77701. - 77701. The inability of the date industry to maintain or...

Section 77702. - 77702. The production and marketing of dates constitutes an important...

Section 77703. - 77703. The maintenance of the date industry in California is...

Section 77704. - 77704. Opportunity exists for continued growth and expansion of the...

Section 77705. - 77705. The successes that the date industry has enjoyed have...

Section 77706. - 77706. The production and marketing of dates in this state...

Section 77707. - 77707. It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative...

Section 77708. - 77708. This chapter shall be liberally construed. If any provision...

Section 77709. - 77709. A commission form of administration created by this chapter...

Section 77710. - 77710. No action taken by the commission, or by any...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 77721. - 77721. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 77722. - 77722. “Books and records” means books, records, contracts, documents, memoranda,...

Section 77723. - 77723. “Commission” means the California Date Commission. (Amended by Stats....

Section 77724. - 77724. “Commissioner” means any member of the commission. (Added by...

Section 77725. - 77725. “Date” means any variety of date produced in California,...

Section 77726. - 77726. “Department” means the Department of Food and Agriculture. (Added...

Section 77727. - 77727. “Ex officio member” means a nonvoting member of the...

Section 77727.5. - 77727.5. “Handle” means to engage in the business of a...

Section 77728. - 77728. “Handler” means any person engaged in processing and marketing...

Section 77729. - 77729. “Market” or “marketing” means to sell, consign, or otherwise...

Section 77730. - 77730. “Marketing research” means any research relating to the sale...

Section 77731. - 77731. “Marketing year” or “marketing season” means the period from...

Section 77732. - 77732. “Process” and “processing” are synonymous and mean the operations...

Section 77733. - 77733. “Producer” means any person in this state who grows...

Section 77734. - 77734. “Product research” means any research related to the development...

Section 77735. - 77735. “Production research” means any research related to the production,...

Section 77736. - 77736. “Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. (Added...

ARTICLE 3 - The California Date Commission

Section 77751. - 77751. (a) There is in state government the California Date...

Section 77752. - 77752. District 1 consists of all of Riverside County. Additional...

Section 77752.5. - 77752.5. (a) Handlers of dates who are not subject to...

Section 77753. - 77753. (a) The secretary may require the commission to correct...

Section 77754. - 77754. The commission or the secretary may bring an action...

Section 77755. - 77755. When the secretary is required to concur in a...

Section 77756. - 77756. The commission shall reimburse the secretary for all expenditures...

Section 77757. - 77757. An alternate member to each member of the commission,...

Section 77758. - 77758. Any vacancy on the commission occurring by the failure...

Section 77759. - 77759. (a) Any member and alternate on the commission shall...

Section 77760. - 77760. The public member and his or her alternate member...

Section 77761. - 77761. The term of office of all members and alternate...

Section 77762. - 77762. The commission is hereby declared and created a corporate...

Section 77763. - 77763. A quorum of the commission is a majority of...

Section 77764. - 77764. The secretary or his or her representative shall be...

Section 77765. - 77765. No member of the commission, or member of a...

Section 77766. - 77766. All funds received by any person from the assessments...

Section 77767. - 77767. The state is not liable for the acts of...

ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of the Commission

Section 77781. - 77781. The powers and duties of the commission include, but...

Section 77782. - 77782. The commission may adopt, and from time to time...

Section 77783. - 77783. The commission may administer and enforce this chapter and...

Section 77784. - 77784. The commission may appoint its own officers, including a...

Section 77785. - 77785. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission may...

Section 77786. - 77786. The commission may fix the compensation for all employees...

Section 77787. - 77787. The commission may appoint committees composed of both members...

Section 77788. - 77788. The commission may establish offices, incur expenses, enter into...

Section 77789. - 77789. The commission shall keep accurate books, records, and accounts...

Section 77790. - 77790. The commission may make, in its name, contracts to...

Section 77791. - 77791. The commission may conduct, and contract with others to...

Section 77792. - 77792. The commission may present facts to, and negotiate with,...

Section 77793. - 77793. The commission may promote the sale of dates by...

Section 77794. - 77794. The commission may educate and instruct the wholesale and...

Section 77795. - 77795. The commission may accept contributions of, or match private,...

Section 77796. - 77796. The commission may publish and distribute, without charge, bulletins...

Section 77797. - 77797. The commission shall establish an assessment rate to defray...

Section 77798. - 77798. The commission shall adopt an annual budget according to...

Section 77799. - 77799. The commission shall annually prepare and submit to the...

Section 77800. - 77800. The commission may investigate and prosecute civil violations of...

Section 77801. - 77801. The commission may administer, if requested by an advisory...

ARTICLE 5 - Implementation and Voting Procedures

Section 77811. - 77811. (a) Within 15 days of the effective date of...

Section 77812. - 77812. This chapter, except as necessary to conduct an implementation...

Section 77813. - 77813. (a) The secretary shall establish a period to conduct...

Section 77814. - 77814. The failure of a handler to receive a ballot...

Section 77815. - 77815. If the secretary finds that a favorable vote has...

Section 77816. - 77816. If the secretary finds that a favorable vote has...

Section 77817. - 77817. Upon certification of the commission, the eligible handler members...

Section 77818. - 77818. (a) Prior to the secretary holding the referendum pursuant...

ARTICLE 6 - Assessments and Records

Section 77841. - 77841. (a) The commission, prior to the beginning of each...

Section 77842. - 77842. This chapter does not apply to any person who...

Section 77842.5. - 77842.5. (a) Every person who handles dates in any quantity...

Section 77843. - 77843. (a) All proprietary information obtained by the commission or...

Section 77844. - 77844. The assessments shall be levied upon and paid by...

Section 77845. - 77845. Any assessment that is levied pursuant to this chapter...

Section 77846. - 77846. Any handler who fails to file a return or...

Section 77847. - 77847. In addition to any other penalty imposed, the commission...

ARTICLE 7 - Actions and Penalties

Section 77861. - 77861. It is unlawful for any person to do any...

Section 77862. - 77862. The commission shall adopt procedures to grant individuals aggrieved...

Section 77863. - 77863. (a) The commission may commence civil actions and utilize...

Section 77864. - 77864. Any action by the commission for any violation of...

Section 77865. - 77865. The suspension or termination of this chapter does not...

ARTICLE 8 - Continuation or Suspension and Termination

Section 77881. - 77881. (a) Every six years, beginning in the 2001–02 marketing...

Section 77882. - 77882. If a referendum is conducted as the result of...

Section 77883. - 77883. (a) Upon a finding by a 2/3 vote of...

Section 77884. - 77884. After the effective date of suspension, the operation of...

Section 77885. - 77885. Upon suspension of the operation of this chapter, the...